Flores, Jonathan Ruben
Male
Verified In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on June 15, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Flores, Jonathan Ruben of SAN ANTONIO, TX, 18, serving with A CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, (2-BCT, 2D MARDIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SAN ANTONIO, TX, LCPL Flores, Jonathan Ruben, serving with A CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, (2-BCT, 2D MARDIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, was 18 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on June 15, 2005 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 15, 2005. Hometown: SAN ANTONIO, TX.
Explore Further
Flores, Jonathan Ruben was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
